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Euronews-Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown has returned to parliament after the summer recess to face a personal expenses re-payment bill of around 12 thousand euros.

He is said to have over claimed on cleaning and gardening costs.

He is one of dozens of MPs who have received letters from Thomas Legg – the man appointed by Brown to rewrite the spending rules in an effort to quell public outrage over alleged misuse of tax payers’ money.

The Conservative opposition leader, David Cameron is also facing questions.
“Everyone should respond to these letters, respond to these inquiries being made and of course, at the end of this process, then everyone will have to comply with what the authorities are asking,” said Cameron.

Details of MPs claims which were leaked to a newspaper earlier this year revealed how numerous politicians made in appropriate demands.

Although most of the claims were made according to the rules at the time, UK voter anger over what they saw as apparent greed has forced MPs to show contrition and pay up or face further investigation.

Britain’s conservative opposition leader has outlined his vision for the country in his last party conference speech before a general election.

euronews channel-David Cameron enjoys a healthy lead in opinion polls with a maximum of eight months left until voting day.

He promised to reduce Britain’s spiralling public debt by shrinking the role of the state.

He told his party conference in Manchester:

“We will need to confront Britain’s culture of irresponsibility and that will be tough for many people. We will have to tear down Labour’s big government bureaucracy, ripping up its time-wasting, money-draining, responsibility-sapping nonsense.”

Cameron remained vague on what he would do if the EU’s Lisbon Treaty came into force before an election but indicated he wanted a smaller role for Brussels in British politics.

“Well here is a progressive reform plan for Europe: let us work together on the things where the EU can really help, like combatting climate change, fighting global poverty and spreading free and fair trade. But let us return to democratic and accountable politics those powers the EU should not have,” he said.

William Hague, who would be Cameron’s Foreign Secretary in government, earlier made the case for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty but without clarifying what would happen if the treaty was already in place.

With election victory at stake, Cameron is keen to keep the eurosceptics in his party firmly on his side.

euronews channel-The speaker of Ireland’s parliament John O’Donoghue is to resign over an expenses scandal.
Since taking office as Speaker in June, 2007, his foreign travel expenses have risen to 90,000 euros.
O’Donoghue says he’ll hand in his resignation next week.

A member of the governing Fianna Fail party, he also spent more than half a million euros on travel while Tourism Minister between 2002 and 2007.

O’Donoghue has been the subject of revelations by some Irish newspapers in recent weeks. It was disclosed that his ministerial expenses included a limousine between terminals at London’s Heathrow airport, while a stay in a Paris hotel cost 1,000 euros a night. He also courted controversy by employing ten people in his office, seven more than his predecessor

A secret shipwreck found off Italy’s southern coast has set alarm bells ringing.

Far from containing hidden treasure, the cargo on board the vessel is thought to consist of toxic, possibly nuclear material. And the suspicion is that it may have been sunk by the local Mafia, paid by authorities to take waste off their hands.

A former mobster indicated where the wreck would be found off Cetraro, on the Calabrian coast.

Regional environmental official Silvio Greco said the aim now is to establish what is inside the ship and whether it is toxic. He evoked the possible existence of other vessels, as indicated by ex Mafia members.

Questions are being asked about whether local deaths over recent years could be linked to the potentially dangerous load left underwater.

While investigators still have much work to do before the nuclear and Mafia claims can be confirmed, the fact the wreck was never declared has only strengthened suspicions.

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A secret shipwreck found off Italy’s southern coast has set alarm bells ringing.

Far from containing hidden treasure, the cargo on board the vessel is thought to consist of toxic, possibly nuclear material. And the suspicion is that it may have been sunk by the local Mafia, paid by authorities to take waste off their hands.

A former mobster indicated where the wreck would be found off Cetraro, on the Calabrian coast.

Regional environmental official Silvio Greco said the aim now is to establish what is inside the ship and whether it is toxic. He evoked the possible existence of other vessels, as indicated by ex Mafia members.

Questions are being asked about whether local deaths over recent years could be linked to the potentially dangerous load left underwater.

While investigators still have much work to do before the nuclear and Mafia claims can be confirmed, the fact the wreck was never declared has only strengthened suspicions.

Two respected Italian newspapers – Corriere della Sera and La Stampa – have published new allegations of sex scandals.

In the latest in a series of claims, it is alleged that some 30 women attended close to 20 parties hosted by the prime minister and some were paid to have sex with guests.

There is rising speculation about whether Berlusconi will survive the scandals, but many doubt he will be forced to resign.

One woman in Rome said: “I don’t think this means the end of Berlusconi and it wouldn’t be fair if it did.”

A man said: “This is a troubling time in politics, and personal situations are now often used to damage politicians, on the right and the left. I think in private everyone is free to do what they want.”